Submission Tracking

I'm just starting to aggressively submit my stories to journals and so forth. What is the best way to keep track of submissions and rejections? Is there a particular software that makes this whole process easier to manage, or do people just use Excel?

I created a spread sheet that tracked: the story (listed title), the market sent to (with link/contact email) the date sent, their posted 'anticipated turn around', date accepted or rejected, and a section for notes.

Spacejock software has a free submission tracking program called Sonar. I've used it and if you don't want to take the time to program your own spreadsheet, as Sonar creates a few special reports, it might be worth your while.